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Our Inspiration

Children for SCHOOL

School for CHILDREN

Sri Aurobindo Swami Vivekananda

KALIYUVA MANE (Home for learning)

A free coeducational residential alternative school

for underprivileged & ‘out-of-system’ children

Compassion Patriotism Spirituality

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Index Our belief

The issue of ‘Out of system’

children

Warning by World bank

Solution – Alternative model

Success of alternative model

10th standard results

Unique features of alternative

model

Innovative learning areas

Eco –conscious school

Facilities

Conceptualization

Vision, Mission & Registrations

Appreciation from dignitaries

Challenges

Infrastructural requirements

How can one help this noble

cause?

Videos about Kaliyuva Mane

Contact information

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Mainstream education system assumes..

“All children are like machines who can learn a predetermined textual content in a predetermined time interval and in a predetermined way.”

Our belief

Natural resources and human resources are two vital ingredients needed for development of the society, country and the world.

Education is the tool to transform ordinary human beings into human resources.

Every educated person with values is an asset to his country in particular and to the world at large.

But the truth is…

Children have varied emotions, varied learning interests and varied learning abilities.

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Where is the school for such ‘out of system’ children?

Name : Rangaswamy (Name changed)

Date of joining Kaliyuva Mane: 30-08-2018

Age : 13 years, 6 monthsArea: Rural (Mysuru district)

Schooling: Dropped out from the school during 7th standard

Occupation: Worked as a child labourer in a tea shop till July 2018

Parent’s education: IlliteratesParent’s occupation: Daily wage workers

Financial status: Below Poverty LineActual academic level of the child: LKG

The issue

As per RTE Act, the child has to be integrated with age-appropriate 9th

standard. At Kaliyuva Mane, he is learning in ‘Aradhana’ team.

Representative image only

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Where is the school for such victims of the system?

Name : Pranith (Name changed)Date of joining Kaliyuva Mane:10-05-2017Age : 11 yearsArea: Rural (Nanjanagudu)Parent’s education: UneducatedFather’s occupation: Security guardMother’s occupation: House wifeFinancial status: BPL familySchooling: DAV public school (CBSEEnglish medium) from 1st std. under RTEquota & passed 5th standard securing E2gradeActual academic level of the child: As perthe psychological report issued by AllIndia Institute of Speech & Hearing, IQ :100, academic level: 1st standard

The issue

Now Pranith is happily evolving in Kaliyuva Mane

Representative image only

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This 9 year old girl has not attended any

formal school so far

Name : Anamika (Name changed)

Date of joining Kaliyuva Mane: 04-06-2012

Age : 8 or 9 years old

Background: Rural (Mysuru)

Schooling: Had not gone to any school

Occupation: The girl was a child labourer

taking care of a one year old baby in a

house in Bengaluru

Father: Passed away due to excess

consumption of alcohol

Mother: Helper in a construction firm and

mother of 5 children

Mother’s education: Illiterate

Financial status: BPL

Academic level at the time of joining: Nil

Documents: Nil

The issue

Preparing to face the 10th standard examination next academic year in

Kaliyuva Mane

Representative image

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Can parents forcibly lift the child and leave in the

school everyday?

Name : Harisha (Name changed)Date of joining Kaliyuva Mane: 15-09-2018Age : 8 years and 8 monthsChild’s background and schooling: Harisha’smother lost both the parents during childhood.Her brothers married off her during childhood.The family broke due to bad habits of herhusband. She sent her son to a free residentialschool run by a Mutt. The child did not like theplace. The child was admitted to a Govt.school. The child started going to policestation, boarding any available bus. Policeused to return the child to the mother. Thishappened four times. So, as per the guidanceof Department of women and development,the child joined a free child care centre run byan NGO. There, during holidays, the child waskept in a locked room. Harisha’s mother feltbad and finally brought him to Kaliyuva Mane.

The issue

In Kaliyuva Mane, Harisha is emotionally stable since a month.

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Are there any regular schools which follow ‘learner-paced teaching programme’?

Name : Yogesh (Name changed)Date of joining Kaliyuva Mane: 05-06-2018Age : 13 years 11 monthsBackground: Rural (Shravanabelagola)Father: Not alive Mother: Doing some odd jobs Mother’s education: 10th standard Financial status: BPLSchooling: Went to 3 private English medium schools and passed 7th standard Academic level at the time of joining: 1st

standard, IQ : 100, as per psychologist of AIISH, the student falls under the category “Children with special needs”. He needs a structured learner paced teaching programme in a regular school.

The issue

This ‘child with special needs’ has started learning happily in

Kaliyuva Mane.

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“In rural India, nearly three-quarters ofstudents in grade 3 could not solve atwo-digit subtraction such as “46 – 17”and by grade 5, half still could not do so.”

“This learning crisis is a moral andeconomic crisis,” World Bank GroupPresident Jim Yong Kim said. “Whendelivered well, education promisesyoung people employment, betterearnings, good health, and a life withoutpoverty. For communities, educationspurs innovation, strengthensinstitutions, and fosters social cohesion.But these benefits depend on learning,and schooling without learning is awasted opportunity. More than that, it’sa great injustice:”

(Link for the full article: dt. 26-09-2017:

https://goo.gl/XLNuLG )

The issue: World Bank warns of a learning crisisAfter 71 years of political freedom, India does not have a proper education system catering to these children: 1. School dropouts2. Child labourers3. Dyslexic children 4. Children who dislike school5. Children from rural illiterate

families6. Bright children who are not

suitable for the formal education system

7. Children from broken families who need ample emotional support

8. Children with special needs

Can we ignore this warning? Is it not now time to act?

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Free eco-friendly residentialschool-cum-research homesfunctioning on the philosophy‘School for children’ rather than‘children for school’

The solution to the issue

We present one such alternative model ‘Kaliyuva Mane’. (Home for learning)

Let us share some success stories of our students.

We blame neither children nor parents, neither teachers nor the schools.

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Success stories of school dropouts

Video of Daanish: (44 secs)www.bit.ly/alumnus_daanish

Daanish narrates his experience inKaliyuva Mane. He completed 10th

standard exams securing 58%aggregate marks.

Video of Shwetha (1 min. 32 secs)www.bit.ly/alumnus_shwetha

Shwetha shares her transformational experience during her stay in Kaliyuva Mane.

Initially narrated by the students in Kannada; Thenchildren spoke in English with the help of theirteachers.

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April 20071st standard school dropout from Mellahallijoined Kaliyuva Mane. Parents wereilliterates and belonged to the BPL category.13 years old Manu knew only to write hisname in Kannada.

April 2012Manu passed 10th std. in English medium.Presently he employed in a factory.

April 2007Prashanth belonged to arural broken family. Fatherwas living separately. Motherwas working as a domestichelp. Compulsions of lifemade Prashanth drop out from school andwork as a child labourer in Ooty at the ageof 11 years. On seeing an article about‘Kaliyuva Mane’, his mother sent 16 year oldPrashanth to seek a job in Kaliyuva Mane.

Success stories of child labourers

April 2010Passed 10th std. in English medium. Thencompleted ITI.

July 2018Prashanth shared his happiness thus:“Kaliyuva Mane is like a temple for me.Now I am working in two companies. I amstaying with my mother and sister happily. Ihave leased a house paying Rs. 4 lakhs.”

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13 Divya Deepa Charitable Trust

April 2006

Mahesha belonged to a rural family. Both his parentswere landless daily wage earners. They were illiteratestoo. His parents had 3 girl children.

His father fell sick and was planning to send Mahesha forwork to support the family. Instead, he came acrossKaliyuva Mane.

During admission, at the age of 11 years, Mahesha couldn’t solve basic math problems. He had an academic lag of 2-3 years.

Success story of a rural underprivileged child

April 2010

Passed 10th standard with flying colours in English medium

April 2015

Completed BBM securing aggregate 74.5% marks Presently serving ‘Kaliyuva Mane’- his alma mater Read his article published in Vijaya Karnataka dated July

6th 2018

https://www.bit.ly/mahesh_article

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April 2012 Chandu was living in a hut. She

was from an unstable family.Her mother who was the solebread winner was working in aroadside eatery.

The girl had dropped out fromGovernment schools thrice. Shehad worked as a child labourerfor two years washing utensilsand taking care of a baby.

The girl was 12 years, 9 monthsold. She did not have anydocuments such as TC, birthcertificate, Aadhar card etc.

Chandu was introduced byanother voluntary organization.

May 2016 Chandu passed 10th standard board

examinations securing 58% aggregate marks.

Joined PU course At the age of 18 years, got married

Success story of a school dropout girl

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April 2010 12 year old Hemanth was studying in St.

Marys’ English medium school but couldnot cope with the studies. His middle-classparents were educated.

He was subjected to a lot of humiliation athome & school by the peer group, butsomehow completed 7th standard. Hisparents were worried about his futurelearning, so brought him to Kaliyuva Mane.

But as per the report of the clinicalpsychiatrist of AIISH, his IQ was 100,academic level was at the initial stage of 3rd

standard. He was suffering from dyslexia. (alearning disability)

Success story of a dyslexic boy

April 2014 Hemanth completed 10th std. board

examinations scoring 52% marks. Completed ITI course Currently doing Dip. in Engineering

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April 2014

Divyashri lost her father in a road accidentwhen she was young. Her mother wasworking in a school in Andhra Pradesh.She was uneducated.

Divya’s maternal uncle brought her toMysore and took responsibility of her. Shewas sent to Good Shepherd Englishmedium school, but she could not copewith the studies. So her maternal unclebrought her to Kaliyuva Mane. She hadpassed 8th std. in English medium.

As per the report of clinical psychiatrist ofAIISH, her IQ was 100. But, she had 60%academic disability. She came under thecategory of ‘child with special needs’.

Success of a ‘child with special needs’

May 2018 Divya completed 10th std. board

examinations with flying colours Currently pursuing PUC (commerce)

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Divya Deepa Charitable TrustDivya Deepa Charitable Trust

His parents were post-graduates, but he was a dropout! September 2014 Yogesh Ponting’s parents are post-graduates (M.A.,

B.Ed.). Father is an astrologer in Chennai. Motherworks as the headmistress of a convent school.

Ponting completed 7th Standard from HardwickSchool, Mysore. He was happy there.

For 8th standard, his parents made him join a morereputed school in Mysore: ‘Sadvidya Pathashala’

Yogesh struggled to adjust to the new environment.He failed in 2 subjects in first term tests, in 9th

standard. Parents wanted to see his progress reportand school authorities wanted to meet his parents.

Because of the pressure of learning, the boy refusedto go to school again. It was September. Otherreputed schools refused admission for this boy, ashe had dropped out from such a reputed school!So his parents brought him to Kaliyuva Manereluctantly.

Yogesh liked the environment at Kaliyuva Mane andstarted learning.

May 2016 Yogesh completed 10th

std. board examinationswith flying colours. (74%)

Presently pursuing B.Sc. (visual media)

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Results of the 10th std. board examination

Exams conducted by:

Karnataka Secondary Education Examination

Board.

Medium : English

Languages: 1st language Kannada, 2nd

language English, 3rd language Samskruta.

First batch: April 2010

Number of children appeared: 57

*No. of children passed so far: 52

No. of SC/ST children passed: 42

No. of children who scored more than 60%

marks: 19[* 3 dyslexic children could not clear one paper each as they were also given the “essay type” question papers to answer. As per their rights, they should have been given “objective type” question papers.]

Further education pursued by our alumni: B.E., Dip. in Engg., ITI, B.Sc., B.C.A., C.A., B.Com., B.B.A., B.B.M., B.A., P.U.C. and vocational courses

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Unique features of Kaliyuva ManeParameter Description Rationale

Fees This is a free school. No fee is collected from children or parents in any form.

95% of the children of theschool cannot afford to pay any fees

Beneficiaries Priority is given to ‘out of system’ children (boys and girls) such as: School dropouts Child labourers Children who dislike school Children from illiterate BPL families Dyslexic children Children from broken families Children with special needs

Present education system does not cater to the needs of these children.

Blind children, deaf and dumb children, children with IQ below 75, and mentally challenged children are not considered, as the school lacks the required learning resources.

Admissionprocess

Round-the-year admission process Parents/guardians give written

consent regarding the acceptance of alternative education system

Certificate of Date of Birth and Transfer Certificate are important, but not compulsory

There is no fixed period for a child to slip into difficult situations or for a school dropout to regain interest in studies.

Child’s future is more important than the documents.

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Unique features of Kaliyuva ManeParameter Description Rationale

Enough time before attending classes

A child need not attend classes immediately after joining the school.

Enough time is given for children to build rapport with the school and teachers.

Children with turbulent past need some time to adapt to the new environment.

This gives time for the teachers to understand each child.

Emotional ambience

Children will get abundant emotional support from the staff members.

An uncluttered mind is a pre-requisite for learning.

Love, Care & Empathy are the ingredients, which create this.

Curriculumprescription

When the admitted child is emotionally comfortable, teacher will begin to understand the child’s background, positive & negative attributes and academic levels.

Based on such an assessment, curriculum is customized for each child.

Most of the children in the school do not have age-appropriate knowledge.

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Unique features of Kaliyuva ManeParameter Description Rationale

Grouping of children

Children are not divided into 1st std., 2nd std. etc.

Children are grouped into flexible teams based on age and curriculum.

Meaningful names are given to such teams, e.g., Aravinda, Viveka and Chaitanya…

For e.g. a 12 year old child at an academic level of 2nd standard cannot be integrated with age-appropriate 7th standard or with knowledge appropriate 2nd standard.

‘Team system’ does not create any complex.

Inter-team movement

Highly individualistic Depends on the progress of each

child and can happen any time or many times in a year

Utmost importance isgiven to child’s progress.

Medium of instruction

This is neither a conventional English medium school nor a Kannada medium school

Core subjects are taught in both the languages to all children

Children write the 10th std. examination in English medium

If taught only in English medium, children fail to comprehend.

If English is not taught, children will miss an important life skill

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Unique features of Kaliyuva ManeParameter Description Rationale

Learning hours Between 6.00 a.m. and 9.00 p.m., depending on the convenience of the teachers and children

This is the advantage of a residential school.

Holidays Depends on the convenience of teachers and children

The needs for holidays for rural children are different

Examinations No fear-instilling annual examinations are conducted till 10th std. board examinations.

Instead, informal weekly tests are conducted to quantify the child’s progress

If a child has not learnt, teachers find alternative ways of making a child learn

The purpose of conducting examinationsis to understand the child’s progress, not to label the child as ‘intelligent’ or ‘stupid’

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Unique features of Kaliyuva ManeParameter Description Rationale

Teachers Knowledge, passion, patience, emotional maturity & skill to transfer knowledge are the essential qualifications required for a teacher here

Teacher is not a strict task master, but a friend and a philosopher. Every teacher is a learner too.

Qualifications like D.Ed. and B.Ed. are redundant. We are hiring persons with passion, and training

them in alternative teaching methodologies Currently teachers’ qualifications are: B.E., M.A.,

M.C.A., B.B.M., B.A., B.Sc., B.C.A., and PUC Some D.Ed.-qualified candidates are undergoing

‘Budding teachers’ training’ here Senior persons and foreign students are also

working as volunteers

Since 13 years we are trying to discover competent teachers with formal degrees, but in vain

This is a national issue

Conventional school teachers are unable to adapt themselves to this alternative method

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Innovative educational concepts

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Kids’ Bank: This has stationery, toiletries, candies, etc. “Play currency notes” are used in-house Every month a child is given a “cheque” for a

certain amount Children deposit this into their accounts. When they need any materials, they

withdraw “cash” to buy them This way children learn arithmetic skills, value

of materials, banking transactions, and money management

When children display positive values without any expectation, they receive a gift cheque as a token of appreciation

Kids’ Court - Transformation Children’s disputes are settled here, based

on their own petitions This is a novel attempt to inculcate a sense of

justice and fair-play

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Eco-conscious school

Divya Deepa Charitable Trust

About 300 organically grown trees Solar lights, Solar TV, Solar power for

computer and kitchen Solar water heaters Astra stove for cooking Rain Water Harvesting Dairy & Gobar Gas plant Eco-friendly Ganesha made by the kids Eco toilet model Use of eco chip board Waste water recycling plant “Vanasuma” Eco club Indigenously designed flush tank

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Facilities at Kaliyuva Mane

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2 acres & 27 guntas of land Child-friendly Office (“Spandana”) Boys’s dormitory (“Chilipili”) Girls’ dormitory (“Kuhoo Kuhoo”) Kitchen & dining area Conventional & Non-Conventional

Learning Areas (Vahini, Prajna, Praphulla, Atheetha, Viveka)

Multi Purpose Hall (“Aravinda”)

Science Laboratory (“Sadhana”) Library (“Sheethal”) Computer Laboratory (“Ganaka”) Multimedia projector Playground Bore well Filter for drinking water Adequate number of toilets 15 KVA, 3 Phase Diesel Generator Set

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Conceptualization of Kaliyuva Mane

August 1992 to March 2004 Founder of Kaliyuva Mane settled in

Srirampura village on the outskirts of Mysore city

Started interacting with local villagers, children and Government school teachers

Started free supporting classes from 6.00 a.m. to 8.00 a.m. & 7.00 p.m. to

8.00 p.m. for schoolchildren

The school headmaster collaborated by providing Govt. school building to conduct classes

Started taking children on outdoor excursions

This grassroots level work for more than a decade enabled him to conceptualize ‘Kaliyuva Mane’

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Vision, Mission & Registration

Vision:

Happy childhood & child-centric education for all.Mission:

To transform opportunity-deprived children into self-reliant citizens by giving themLove, Care, Empathy andEducation.

To carry out intense grassrootslevel research aboutdevelopment and education ofopportunity-deprived childrenthrough a free child-centricalternative school.

To share the research findingswith the stakeholders.

Registrations: Registered as a Charitable Trust

(No.745) on 04-03-1999 Registered with Department of

Women & Child Development, Government of Karnataka as ‘Child Care Institution (Children Home)’

80G registration with IT Department. Registration (F.No. D-16/80G/CIT/Mys/2010-11)

12A registration with IT Department. (D-17/12A/CIT/Mys/99-2000)

FCRA Registration (No. 094590203) NGO Darpan Registration

(KA/2017/0170668) PAN Card (AAATD3194J) TAN (BLRD12634G)

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Good cause attracts great people

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Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam taught us the following mantra,

“Dream, Dream & Dream”“Dream transforms into thoughts”“Thoughts transform into Action”

when we met him in Lalit Mahal and explained the concept of alternative

education. (on 8th August 2008)

“I’m so happy to see the wonderful work being done by Mr. Ananth and

team to empower the ‘FORGOTTEN INDIA’.

- Dr. N R Narayana Murthy(Visited Kaliyuva Mane

on 16th Jan. 2011)

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Don’t accept things as they are. Rise to change.

Mahindra & Mahindra in its nation-building programme, invitedinnovative ideas for the development of the nation, under the“Spark The Rise” event

Our project “Education of the rural OUT OF SYSTEM children”

emerged as second runner-up in the Grand Finale held in April 2012

in Mumbai. Totally6,000 ideas were

submitted.

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Some multimedia content on Kaliyuva Mane

TEDx Talk by the FounderShort link: goo.gl/HPnwLJ

Length of the video: 19 min, 14 sec(made in 2017)

The Better India videoShort link: goo.gl/u6V51DLength of the video: 4 min, 12 sec(made in 2016)

Milaap video Short link: goo.gl/pDThLZ

Length of the video: 2 min, 46 sec(made in 2017)

Youth involvement in DivyadeepaShort link: goo.gl/52m6NJ

Length of the video: 3 min, 48 sec(made in 2011)

All India Radio(‘Kirana programme, school photos)Short link: goo.gl/uSf779Length of the video: 14 min, 49 sec(made in 2012)

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Impressions of certain dignitaries

Date Dignitary Impressions of the dignitaries Occasion

12-01-2011

Shri Nagendra KumarDDPI (Deputy Director of Public Instruction)

“The school premises are very pleasant.”

As guest of honouron the occasion of Vivekananda Jayanthi

29-12-2012

Shri R. RamaradhyaBEO (Block EducationOfficer)

“Very good learning environment prevails here. The method of teaching not just based on age, but depending on lacunae in learning is really special here.”

Visited out of curiosity[Translated from Kannada]

15-06-2013

Smt. TKS LakshmiNational CurriculumFramework member

“Well done! Keep it up!” Visited out of curiosity. Spent half a day in Kaliyuva Mane

20-01-2014

Shri Jaya KumarThe Director, Department of State Educational Research and Training

“Happy to learn that your trust has taken up the task of bringing improvement in the education of rural deprived children”

In a letter written to us.[Translated from Kannada]

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Impressions of certain dignitariesDate Dignitary Remarks in our guest book Occasion

21-03-2015

Principal Senior Civil Judge, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mysuru & President, District Children Justice Board, Mysuru

“…educating children to help them in their overall development. Children live in a homely atmosphere away from their home. This idea/concept should be encouraged and recognized like our regular schools and adopted in regular schools also. Wish the very best to all connected and related to this novel idea.”

Visited out of curiosity

04-06-2015

Smt. K.S. Mudagal

Principal District and

Sessions Judge &

Chairperson, District

Legal Services

Authority, Mysuru

“Highly appreciable service to humanity”

Observance of the International Day of Child Victims of Atrocities. She inaugurated Kids’ court in Kaliyuva Mane

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Impressions of certain dignitariesDate Dignitary Remarks in our guest book Occasion

27-02-2014

Prof. P.N. Srinath

Text book committee chairman

“Had the privilege of visiting the institution founded on lofty ideals, run meticulously and catering to deprived sections. It deserves all aid and help from the Government & other agencies. A model where the ideals spelt out in National Curriculum Framework are being realized”

Visited out of curiosity

25-01-2017

Shri NagarajuDistrict Child Protection Officer

“District Child Protection Officer visited Kaliyuva Mane with his staff members,inspected all the documents. The organisation is good especially from the point of view of education.”

Inspection visit[translated from Kannada]

28-07-2018

Smt. H.T. Kamala

The President,

Child Welfare

Committee,

Mysore

“Kaliyuva Mane which is working on the concept, ‘School for children’ is functioning wonderfully.”

Inspection visit Inauguration of

boys dormitory[translated from Kannada]

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Each child poses a new challenge: Children from turbulent backgrounds

and with almost no parenting pose a huge challenge. They have to be taught toilet habits, hygiene, soft skills, material organisation and other life skills. So, we need emotionally mature dedicated resident staff members to develop these children into self-reliant citizens. But it is a challenge to discover, train and retain them by paying a good remuneration.

Most of the children suffer from a huge academic lag. Often we have to cover 10 years of syllabus into 3-6 years. So, 1:10 teacher:student ratio is required.

Kaliyuva Mane has to work 24 hours x 365 days, a year, as some parents/guardians do not take children home even on holidays.

Financial challenge: To provide nutritious food, dress,

health and hygiene, entertainment facility and to maintain the necessary human resource is a big financial challenge.

We are located in a power starved village, away from 10 km. from the heart of the city. We have to maintain batteries, inverters, DG set and two vans and drivers.

We are not supported by the Government financially. Kaliyuva Mane depends entirely on the generosity of the public, volunteers’ work and CSR support for its day-to-day functioning.

Challenges facing Kaliyuva Mane

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Suggestion to policy makersBEO’s written letter on the subject ‘Non formal learning centre’ Before starting Kaliyuva Mane, we

wrote to Block Education Officer, about the education of ‘out of system children’ with examples.

The BEO responded immediately and wrote us a letter with the subject, ‘Non-formal learning centre’.

Based on this letter, Kaliyuva Mane children are appearing for 10th

standard board examinations through another recognized school.

Inclusion of Kaliyuva Mane under RTE Act: ‘Kaliyuva Mane’ is an ‘out of the box’

education model for the millions of ‘out of system’ children in India.

All the educational policy makers are welcome to Kaliyuva Mane to study the functioning of this model.

Kaliyuva Mane can be included under the umbrella of RTE Act as a special category school, without affecting the experimental nature of Kaliyuva Mane.

Education is the golden key to unlock freedom.

-George Washington

Carver

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Infrastructure requirements of Kaliyuva Mane Sewage treatment plant for 150 users. Additional solar panels for computer lab. CCTV system with solar support. Centralized audio system for engaging

children in a positive way through spoken English classes, stories, songs etc.

Shifting of dairy and biogas plant. New dormitory for girls. (Present

capacity is ‘8 girls’ only) Kitchen and dining hall for about 150

members. Accommodation for resident staff. Training centre for specialized human

resources for replicating the school’s educational model.

Music room. Health-care room. Pavement with interlocking tiles from the

gate up to the boys’ dormitory.

Boys’ dormitory(Inaugurated on 15th Aug. 2018)

Skill training centre(under construction)

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Add oil to Divyadeepa & light up the lives!

Financial help

Non-financial help

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Visit us and experience an environment of joy and hope

Kaliyuva ManeDivya Deepa Charitable Trust

Kenchalagudu, Manandavadi Road Dhanagalli Post, Mysuru-570008

Karnataka state, India.9341369901, 8884310010, 9538499901

Email: [email protected]: http://www.divyadeepatrust.org

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THANK YOUfor your esteemed

attention.